Last Day on the Force
For the past 3 years, 11 months and two days, I have spent approx. 37.5 hours a week of my life here:
But no more! This Friday is my last day. :) In the picture there, you’ll notice my Hasler WJ250 Mail Metering Unit, fancy-pants touch screen ‘puter (viewing a certain infamous message board), and that brown box there left of center? That has someone’s ashes in it. I mail a couple of those out a week (long story).
Yeah, I was planning on having some long, thoughtful essay on the nature of work and capitalism and yadda yadda yadda, but I’m just happy to be done and moving on with my life. You can read Working by Studs Terkel at your own leisure. I used to think there would never be a job that I could work that I would be satisfied with; but now that I’m a little older and have a better idea of how the world works in general, I feel that what I’m moving on to is the best possible choice I could ever make. I’m a much different person in many ways since I’ve started this job, and thats a good feeling.
Yeah, so if you’re in town, meet me at Dee’s in Regent Sq. for some taters and burrs! :)
July 3rd, 2007 at 12:40 pm
That has someone’s ashes in it. I mail a couple of those out a week (long story).
I think I speak for the entirety of our meager readership when I say: I’m waiting . . .
July 3rd, 2007 at 1:47 pm
hahaha…. Well, those boxes always came from the Neurobiology Dept. Apparently people who “donated their bodies to science” would also elect to have them cremated (I think). I’m not 100% sure on the specifics, but I just know that we were required by some law to mail those boxes via Registered Mail (a documented, verifiable process), because they contained urns with ashes inside. I hope the families of the departed didn’t mind my excessive incredulous shaking of their loved ones temporary resting place…….(j/k, j/k)